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Returning to work after long term sickness absence due to low back pain – the struggle within: a qualitative study of the patient's experience. (2014)
Journal Article
Ryan, C. G., Lauchlan, D., Rooney, L., Hollins Martin, C. J., & Gray, H. (2014). Returning to work after long term sickness absence due to low back pain – the struggle within: a qualitative study of the patient's experience. WORK, 49, 433-444. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-131646

Background: low back pain (LBP) is a major cause of work absence. Assisting individuals back into work is an important part of rehabilitation. Objective: to explore the experiences of individuals returning to work after an episode of sickness absence... Read More about Returning to work after long term sickness absence due to low back pain – the struggle within: a qualitative study of the patient's experience..

Anxiety as a cause of attachment avoidance in women with Turner Syndrome (2012)
Journal Article
Clauson, S., Hollins Martin, C., & Watt, G. (2012). Anxiety as a cause of attachment avoidance in women with Turner Syndrome. Sexual and Relationship Therapy, 27(4), 377-390. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681994.2012.748891

Working models of attachment are internal depictions of self relative to others and have been described in terms of two dimensions: (1) attachment avoidance and (2) attachment anxiety. An exploratory qualitative study was carried out to build underst... Read More about Anxiety as a cause of attachment avoidance in women with Turner Syndrome.

Application of the team objective structured clinical encounter (TOSCE) for continuing professional development amongst postgraduate health professionals (2012)
Journal Article
Gordon, M., Uppal, E., Holt, K., Lythgoe, J., Mitchell, A., & Hollins-Martin, C. (2013). Application of the team objective structured clinical encounter (TOSCE) for continuing professional development amongst postgraduate health professionals. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 27(2), 191-193. https://doi.org/10.3109/13561820.2012.725232

Educators in healthcare face significant challenges trying to improve interprofessional teamworking skills, with a lack of clarity on how to teach and evaluate such skills. Previously, the team objective structured clinical encounter (TOSCE) has been... Read More about Application of the team objective structured clinical encounter (TOSCE) for continuing professional development amongst postgraduate health professionals.

Exploring the consequences of how Scotland interprets the UK misuse of drugs act 1971 (2012)
Journal Article
McPhee, I., Hollins Martin, C. J., Martin, C. R., & Sneider, A. (2012). Exploring the consequences of how Scotland interprets the UK misuse of drugs act 1971. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 12, 146-156. https://doi.org/10.1108/17459261211263433

Purpose: this paper aims to critically explore the consequences of how Scotland interprets the UK Misuse of Drugs Act (1971). Scotland prosecutes 24 per cent of people found in possession of illegal drugs for drug “dealing” compared to less than 15 p... Read More about Exploring the consequences of how Scotland interprets the UK misuse of drugs act 1971.

A survey to identify the characteristics of London sex workers (2011)
Journal Article
Munro, G., Hollins Martin, C. J., Bonner, A., & Martin, C. R. (2011). A survey to identify the characteristics of London sex workers. British Journal of Wellbeing, 2, 29-35

A demographic survey of London sex-workers established age, nationality, alcohol/drug use, physical/mental health concerns and whether trafficked or optionally migrated into the industry. There are overt differences between sex-workers—implications f... Read More about A survey to identify the characteristics of London sex workers.

The birth satisfaction scale (2011)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., & Fleming, V. (2011). The birth satisfaction scale. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 24(2), 124-135. https://doi.org/10.1108/09526861111105086

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to develop a psychometric scale - the birth satisfaction scale (BSS) - for assessing women's birth perceptions. Design/methodology/approach - literature review and transcribed research-based perceived birth sati... Read More about The birth satisfaction scale.

Protocols, policy directives and choice provision: UK midwives' views (2009)
Journal Article
Hollins Martin, C. J., & Bull, P. (2009). Protocols, policy directives and choice provision: UK midwives' views. International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 22(1), 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1108/09526860910927952

Purpose – within maternity hospitals midwives are expected to follow the protocol-driven culture and orders issued by senior staff. Simultaneously, midwives are expected to follow social policy documents and the Midwives Rules and Standards that advo... Read More about Protocols, policy directives and choice provision: UK midwives' views.